Statue of a youth. Found in the building known as the house of Diadoumenos,
on Delos. The youth is depicted nude, binding a ribbon in his hair, a
feature that enables him to be identified as an athlete.

Scene from the palaestra. Two wrestlers are shown in
action. On the left an athlet is ready to jump, on the right another one
is preparing the pit. Found in Athens Kerameikos . About 510 BC.

Part of a grave stele. The figure of a nude youth
practicing with a ball in the palaestra is depicted in low relief. Found
in Piraeus. 400 BC.

Polychrome mosaic. The composition includes a long-jumper, an athlete
playing a game rather like modern hockey , and a discus-thrower. From a
Roman house in Ipsila Alonia, Patra. 2nd cent AC. Patra , archaeological
museum.